🎁 New Year's surprise from the Fed: what awaits the markets? 🐷

The Fed cut the key interest rate by 25 basis points, setting a range of 4.25-4.5%.

However, instead of the expected growth, the markets responded with a decline. Not only#BTCand altcoins, but also leading global indices found themselves under pressure.

Why is the market not growing if a 0.25% rate cut was already expected?

The answer is simple: traders were waiting for the Fed chairman's speech to find clues for future actions. The direction of the markets in the near future depends on his statement.

After Jerome Powell's aggressive speech, a wave of sell-offs began 📉.

He said that the pace of rate cuts will slow down in 2025: instead of the expected four cuts, only two are now predicted.

Investors hoping for a more decisive easing of monetary policy took this as a sign of slowing economic growth. This is what caused the market correction.

⚖️ But is it really that bad?

Although the statement by the head of the Federal Reserve brought negativity, practice shows that his words often diverge from real actions.

Continued in the comments👇